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Comment by tides

Comment by Arador

Note that this doesn't require Engineering skill to use - so you could skill up Engineering high enough to make it, and then drop Engineering and still keep using this trinket.

There are theories though that suggest that the damage scales with your engineering skill, so dropping Engineering might be a bad idea.

Comment by depthad

This item drains your life and directly converts it into damage. I've seen it crit for 7k+ there are screenshots of 9k+.

Comment by 236yfpjkjhd

My highest hits ever have been roughly 3400-ish, and I kept using the ray quite a lot for a while. It's rare it hits that high though, usually it's 750-900ish. If it's going to crit it tends to drain more health than normal, so you know in advance what you can expect from the final blast. :)

Comment by Raegnim

This item is amazing if used in a level 10-19 WSG. How you may say can you use this in that level of BG??? First be a Gnome, preferably warrior or rogue, and level to 19. As you level take and raise engineering, even using higher leveled characters to buy the supplies needed. A gnome with is full engineering at level 19 should have just enough points to use one of these babies. It can deal 1000 damage sometimes which is enough to kill even the strongest enemies at that level, but can backfire and deal around 500 to you, that's why you should be a warrior or rogue. Good luck making one and while you're at it if you twink your guy as well you will be close to invincible in a 10-19 WSG. Have fun!!!

Comment by mynameis2

This is amazing and its one of the coolest in my opinion (besides the scuba helment!)

Comment by Carighan

Sadly this was changed to be a lot lower in damage than before. Both in the damage it deals to the enemy, and in the feedback damage you get during the charge-up time.

As someone already said, the damage you take while charging predicts how much the enemy will take. If it's 230+, expect a crit for 2k+.

Still, there should be a post-60 version, maybe the Death Ray MkII. This trinket is godlike (and pretty risky with the then-hug feedback damage) when you first get it, but at lvl60 relatively unimpressive.

Comment by radeox

This is seriously one of the best PvP trinkets ever. Only 5 minutes cooldown.

Comment by kingbread

i wish blizz would make an upgrade for this in BC, perhaps with a +45 stam bonus.

Comment by Temes

Thats how I hit with it. I'm a lvl 47 gnome warlock with good gear (I dont think that really matters) and 315 engineering. It drained about 250 and it crit after that too, so I think it still can double-crit.

Comment by kagehat

Hi, I am a lvl 38 Warlock with 225 engineering and I have been doing a lot of thinking whether I should choose Gnomish or Goblin...

My plan is to go Gnomish to make this trinket and then respec to Goblin to make a rocket launcher later on.Does anyone think it can be done - will the Death Ray trinket still function if I am a Goblin engineer?

Hope to hear your thoughts regarding this matter :)

...Anyway I am going to this and will report here if it works or not to help others with the same theory...

Comment by Korica

Can any Lv. 70s report on how hard this is hitting for them?

Would be appreciated and good information for people to read so they can decide wether its worth making or not at 70.

Comment by Jomper

I was in the Steamvaults the other day and while our group was taking a mana break I couldn't resist breaking out the ray and blasting a lvl 40ish crap. Anyway I did and the Death Ray crit for 3991! I was shocked cause the highest I've ever got it was around 1300.

I have screenshots of the chat and combat log to prove it, and I do know how to post pics unlike so many who make claims here.

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Comment by AlienC

can you pick up gnomish engineering to get the death ray then drop gnomish and go goblin for goblin rocket launcher? (since this is bop and u cant get a fellow engineer to make)

Comment by Wildhorn

I got a HIT for 2023 on a Ferocious Scar Rage (yeti in Feralas) as a priest 48.

Comment by Aelok

Although it rarely hits 1500+, its great for finishing hits against those damned protection paladins. Save this and any other hard hitting (preferably instant since this is a channeler) spell/skill for when they get low health. They will want to heal then but get pwned in the face instead =D

This currently requires no engineering skill to use, and to me that sounds like something they will most likely change, eventually. So getting this and dropping engineering completely might not always be such a perk for you.

Comment by traminortrell

Can u make this item with a twink 29 gnome 225ing + 15?

Comment by Alzira

Made it on my priest when i made her a 39 twink, a GREAT trinket on that lvl, the only bad thing is that if it stops channeling if the target runs of of sigth, you are cced or anything, it will still trigger the cd :(Used it up to lvl 62, where i replaced it with the one from the Overlord q..I actually NEVER critted with this. The usual hits were from 800-1000, sometimes i hited over 2k, and even 3k in some very rare cases. Oneshoted a 38 pally in bg with this ^^ And its rigth as people say here, you can predict the damage it will deal from how much it deals to you. I think this trinket is well worth making, if so just for the fun.

Another thing that can be worth pointing out, is that this deals the same dmg whatvever lvl your target are (at least it hitted the same on ?? as on people at my lvl), and this made me some times able to kill people much higher than myself, amongst them a ?? lock :D

Comment by Persen

Best thing is the physical spell aspect - it can't be resisted because it's physical damage, and it's a spell so physical avoidance won't affect it either!

Comment by Nakumari

As a 36 Blood elf rogue eng. I was able to kill a 38 shammy and a 39 pally that teamed up on me with the help of this bad boy. First I used my goblin rocket helmet (made by my goblin eng main) on the pally stunning him for 30 secs, then I targeted the shammy and hit the death ray, it charged and hit him for 2007 damage non-crit, he died instantly. I vanished and used ambush on the still stunned pally, stabbed him a few times expose armor, stabby stabby, dead. pwnage

Comment by Boshnak

Appears to be a 20 yard range on it, hasn`t been mentioned but thought it was worth saying.

Comment by narlah

i asked a war friend to come out of ogrimar to test , and first use it crited for 3300 :)He was in berzerker stance only. Good thing for a healing shaman - if left alone you still can bite.Btw dmg doesnt interrupt the ray charging.

Comment by 2OfDiamonds

The highest tradeskill you can hope to have at lvl19 is 165, even for a Gnome.

what an odd remark o_O

Comment by zdouse

Or just make someone make it for you and use it in PvP for 10-19...

Comment by AndehX

Can someone clarify what buffs effect the Death Rays damage? and If this item still crits? im a 70 UD rogue and have used it over 20 times today, not one single crit. most ive had was 2k non crit.

Comment by AndehX

on average is seems to be hitting for 700-1000 (every now and then it will hit for 1700-2000) I would say it was worth using at 70, if it still critted....

Comment by HaveyJoe

Edit for AndehX: It can still crit, it happened to me today.

I was running a guildie through RFC with my 61 blood elf rogue (310 engineering) when we approached Bazzalan, and I got the idea to try this trinket out on him.

"Heh, watch this," I said.

The ray crit for 3938! I mean sure, it was Bazzalan, but still.

It also might help to note that if you target a mob with this, they will aggro as soon as you begin charging, not when the ray actually hits them.

Comment by Dogatehw

Is this usable with the rogue's skill Cold Blood?

Comment by zoltana3

Yes, it still crits. Not sure what the crit chance is based upon. But I've used it many times with my 39, and I got a 5 crits with it so far. Highest crit doing 3871 dmg.

Comment by pilot13

can you pick up gnomish engineering to get the death ray then drop gnomish and go goblin for goblin rocket launcher? (since this is bop and u cant get a fellow engineer to make)

Why was this down rated?

Seemed like a valid question to me...

Now on-topic;

I used to be Gnomish Engineer before TBC and I started engineering again on a new character and was wondering if this was still worth getting at 80

Comment by Rexz

The best part about this neat little toy is that you can shout "IMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR!" before each use.

Comment by ekinorak

This can be used in all druid forms, it will break stealth basicly because you take dmg when you channel it, On my 39 druid it hit a avrage of 800. If you move when channeling it, it will break the effect, and also the cooldown. So if you fail to complete the channeling you have to wait 5min to try again.

Comment by EJDA

i have a question, does this trinket's damage proc stack with spell power? i have a lvl 70 lock with 1300+ spell power and id like to test it, but i 1st want to know this, to see if its really worth it, see if that saves me from having to go get that trinket from karazhan.

Comment by aeldon

NOBODY HAS SAID IT! here goes....

IMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER!

Comment by Manxome

I had the seemingly clever idea to use the ray with the cloaking device to remain hidden while charging. Not having used much invisibility before, I didn't realize that targeting is lost when invisible, as the visible world disappears. Oh well.

Comment by Hooters

Hehe, I got this Sweet baby at my 40rogue today (26june 2010) and i first thought that it would maybe hit for around 500normal and 1000-ish on crits, but i was soo off : ) i Hsed to Gadgetzan, ran outside and found a mob, as im a sublety rogue, i poped Premeditation, Ambush=5CPs, Kidney Shot and then i charged this baby up... The mob was completly Blown away, it did hit for INSANE 1041 AT LEVEL 40! : )... This will replace most of my other engineering gadgetz i made lol : ) (Got 300engineering, Yes its probably Geeky but since i lvled mining on my 70shaman i spared most of the low level ores/bars and sent to my alt, And yes, i got it at 35 ; P. but just imagine this in a BG, Premeditation-Ambush-Kidney shot-Charging this baby=BAM dead : ). Well, in my opinion, if you are an Gnomish Engineer, GO FOR THIS TRINKET, since you can get it at 35, and well, a Clothie have around 1,5k HP around 40, and if you are Feral Druid/rogue, just to Ambush-Kidney shot and then to charge this baby and you probably killed somoene whitin just some seconds, and a normal level 40mob got around 1,9k hp, that means, if you do like 1-3 attacks (depends on gear and on your specc and ofcourse class) you can probably 2-3 shot mobs whit this baby : ). Well i just wanted to say that this baby is Awesome.